Arabic language and Children’s literature

In the Faculty of Education, students of Teaching Arabic Language and Children’s Literature are prepared to teach Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 classes of basic education. The major enables them to employ the use of language to develop students’ abilities in oral and written comprehension, and to train them to use the most recent methods in the different field of teaching Arabic language.

Graduates of Teaching Arabic Language and Children’s Literature acquire appropriate competencies and employ them using diverse learning or educational positions. They are able to set plans for the educational process in a professional manner, and to implement them by adopting innovative and interactive strategies in different positions.

By the end of their studies, students shall be able to:

• Objectively analyze and implement lesson plans in the subject of specialty.
• Plan for the educational unit and class, taking into consideration all necessary elements (activities and educational means) in accordance with the objectives of the subject.
• Own a good command of Arabic Language arts: Reading, writing, listening, and expressing.
• Use learning strategies in different aspects (30 strategies).
• Distinguish between the different sciences of Arabic language, derive their characteristics and methods of implementation as an educational-learning unit.
• Use different evaluation tools to detect the extent of understanding and comprehension of the learner for the purpose of providing feedback.
• Distinguish the characteristics of poetic and prose in children texts.
• Analyze the content of the piece of literature (Poetry or Prose) presented to the Arab child and evaluate its appropriateness.
• Be proficient in the art of poetry performance and storytelling, and able to orally theatricalize poetry and stories using technical means.

Select the most suitable means by which they can introduce children literature texts.

Graduates of Teaching Arabic Language and Children’s Literature are qualified to teach subjects of Arabic language in Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 classes of basic education in both private and public schools.

The Department of Teaching Arabic Language and Children’s Literature at USAL provides students with necessary needs to graduate in a period of 3 years minimum, based on the adopted curriculum which consists of different courses constituting about 97 credits. The courses are distributed over 6 academic semesters: Fall and Spring of each academic year. They include general major requirements and other requirements specific to Arabic language. These are:

University Requirements (12 Credits)

Core Courses (42 Credits)

Concentration Courses (31 Credits)

• Obtaining official Lebanese BACC II degree or any equivalent document.
• Conducting a placement test in Arabic Language and one of two foreign languages (English or French).
• Passing the academic orientation stage that determines the suitability of a student’s abilities and qualifications in accordance with the field of study.